I simply disagree that power, such as it is, is being abused. I have read many of the examples of claimed abuse, and I see simple differences of opinion. The few times real mistakes have been made, they have been corrected as soon as possible. (and usually, apologies issued)

The point is that when these mistakes are made - a simple apology is not enough if lessons are not going to be learnt and the same mistakes are just going to be repeated again and again - as happens currently.

Changes that to be need to be made - like ensuring that communication between volunteers takes place before editing action is made, are simply not taking place. The differences of opinion that matter most are the personal value judgements of and between our volunteers - because they will result in the opinions of other posters being judged and censored from our forum.

Nigel - I apolgise for not being perfect and for not noticing that this thread had been re-opened. Perhaps you (or someone) could have informed me that it had - via PM?